lira
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Ðonne þú sealt flǽsc wille, þonne twenge þú mid þínre swíðran neoþewearde þíne wynstran þǽr se lýra þiccost sí, Tech. ii. 125, 2. Fægere fingras, smale and lange, and þǽra nægla tósceád, and se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman, Vis. Lfc. 84. [v. N. E.
ofer-flówendlic
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Superfluous, superabundant Rén sé sélost ys gif hé ná oferflówendlic nyþer ástíhð on eorþan pluvia illa optima est, si non superflue descendat, Scint. 51, 16. Án forhæfednys is þæt gehwá werlíce ðá oferflówendlican ðygene him sylfum ætbréde, Hml.
Linked entries: ofer-flówedlic -flówendlic flówend-lic
ge-sígan
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[O.H.Ger. ge-sígan to sink, fall.]
fittan
To sing ⬩ cantāre
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To sing; cantāre Nú ic fitte gén ymb fisca cynn now again I sing about [the] kind of fishes, Exon. 96b; Th. 360, 5; Wal. 1
ge-limpan
To happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ come to pass ⬩ take place ⬩ accĭdĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ contingĕre
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Ðá sió tíd gelomp when the time came, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 34; Met. 26, 17 : Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27. Ealle ðás ungesǽlþa us gelumpon þurh unrǽdas all these calamities befell us through evil counsels, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 1.
dǽd-bétan
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Gif hit gelimpe, dǽdbéte sé Gode on his gebedhúse þe hit þurh his gýmeleste gelamp si contigerit, satisfaciat Deo in oratorio per cujus evenerit neglectum, R. Ben. 36, 6.
úte-weard
Outward ⬩ extreme ⬩ on the outside of ⬩ at the extremity of ⬩ the outward part ⬩ extremity
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Gif munuc eáðhylde biþ, þeáh hine man wácne and unweorðne talige and an úteweardum forlǽte and tó úteweardum medemige si omni vilitate vel extremitate contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 4
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be-hionan
on this side
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on this side
bi-heonan
on this side
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on this side
læppa
A skirt ⬩ lappet ⬩ lobe ⬩ lap ⬩ a detached portion ⬩ a district
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Hér sint tácn áheardodre lifre ge on ðám læppum and filmenum here are symptoms of a hardened liver both on the lobes and the membranes, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 4. Sió lifer hæfþ fíf læppan, 2, 17; Lchdm. ii. 198, 1
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miltan
To melt ⬩ to digest ⬩ to refine by melting ⬩ To melt ⬩ become liquid
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P. 45; Th. ii. 384, 6. to digest Sió wamb seó ðe biþ hátre gecyndo melt mete wel ... Seó ðe biþ wæterigre gecyndo næfþ góde meltunge, swíðost on ðám mettum ðe uneáþe melte beóþ, L.
blinnan
To cease, rest, leave off ⬩ cessare, desinere
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T.] se bysceophád eall geár and ðæs óðres syx mónaþ the bishopric was vacant [lit. rested] all one year and six months of the next, 3, 20; S. 550, 28.
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un-besacen
unmolested by litigation ⬩ not made the subject of litigation ⬩ uncontested
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Hió ðæt land hæbben unbesacen wið ǽlce hand ( not liable to suits from any side ) ða hwíle ðe hió lifgean, and gif Ælfw leng sió, ðonne sý hit hyre unbesacen, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 22-25: L. C. S. 80; Th. i. 420, 21.
ofer-drífan
to cover by drifting ⬩ to overcome, refute, repel, defeat
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Gif hig sacan stande ðæt hig .viii. secgaþ and ða ðe ðǽr oferdrifene beóþ gilde heora ǽlc .vi. healfmarc if they (the twelve) disagree, that which eight of them say shall stand: and those that in such case are out-voted shall each pay six half-marks,
dúru-leás
doorless ⬩ sine janua
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doorless; sine janua
wlite-sceáwung
Sion
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The word is used to translate Sion Bið gesegen God in wlitesceáwunge (-scéwunge, Bd. S. 547, 39) uidebitur Dominus in Sion, Bd. 3, 19; M. 212, II
leóht
Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy
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Ðæt sió wamb ðý ðé leóhtre síe by it the stomach may be relieved, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 1. Wið módes (? innoþes, MS) hefignesse ... sóna biþ ðæt mód leóhtre, Lchdm. iii. 50, 23.
full-gán
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Fulgá nú se mete ðǽre wambe willan, and sió wamb ðæs metes, Past. 317, 16.
gylt
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Gif hé þæs wilniaþ ꝥ him hiora yfel unwrecen sié be þaes gyltes andefne, Bt. 38, 7 ; F. 210, 8. Sceal ǽghwylc man bétan his wðhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, Bl. H. 45, 29
land-seten
an estate ⬩ occupation of land
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Land in possession or occupation, an estate Ðis his sió landseten æt Stántúne ðe Cénwold hæfde [then follow the boundaries], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 403, 24.
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